Junior Colloquium
Thursday March 1, 2012, 3:35pm
Ayres Hall, 4th Floor Colloquium Room
All are welcome; the customary pizza will be served at 3:15.
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Dr. Joseph Tien, Ohio State University
Modeling an autocatalytic enzyme
Aspirin works by blocking an enzyme called COX. This enzyme
possesses some interesting kinetic features. In particular,
it is autocatalytic, meaning that the enzyme can activate
itself. I'll discuss a simple model of this enzyme, analyze
the model using basic techniques from dynamical systems and
multiple scales, and interpret the results biologically.
This includes the relevance of COX to cancer research and the
pharmaceutical industry.
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